📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The volunteer project is organized together with a Home for Children in Nakuru. The Home currently houses about 150 children, most of whom have lost their parents to AIDS, other have been abandoned in hospitals or recovered from the streets. The Home's main objective is to rehabilitate the children and ensure their safety and welfare. In the home, the children receive love, care, education and religious upbringing. The ages of the children range from infants to 18 year-old.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will be involved in teaching number work and reading, assisting the social worker in counseling, help with cleaning and cooking, organizing games and art lessons, and playing with the kids.
The volunteers will work 5 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. Saturday and Sunday are free. Sometimes, depending on the nature of work, the time can be extended.
🏠 Accommodation on site
At a host family. Please note that you will share the typical living conditions of a Kenyan family. There is electricity and shower at the accommodation.
📍 About the location
Nakuru is located in Rift valley, approximately 2 and a half hours drive from Nairobi. Public transport to the project site is available. The closest Hospital, Markets, Post Office, Banks (ATMs), Internet and other social facilities are located in Nakuru, 5 minutes drive from the project site. The terrain is flat and the weather is hot and dry.
18 and over.
English.
⚠️ Requirements
No particular expertise or skills required. Participants should have a
Positive attitude, be ready to adopt and enjoy simple living conditions, be flexible and patient. However, specialized skills and expertise (such as creative arts and counseling/nursing) will be used accordingly.
🤝 Meeting point
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi
ℹ️ Additional information
900 Euro for six months and 600 Euros for 3 months